The interview process was actually quite easy for me. The position I applied fit to my background and needed the skills I have. I did phone interview and then onsite interview. Interviewee was super helpful as well.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at UC San Francisco (San Francisco, CA) in Jul 2012
Interview
Phone interview. Flew up for the day. Met in the morning with future mentor, talked about myself and what I would be doing at UCSF. Met with current postdocs. Went to lunch w/ postdocs, future mentor and a few other faculty members. Gave a presentation on my ressearch.
Skype interview with principal investigator, presentation interview in person to lab and other labs in the department on PhD work. Offer followed shortly after - comes from PI then HR department follow up
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
All questions around why the lava research interests you and you’d PhD work / skills
was a good experience, Great infrastructure, great scientific team and people to with. located in a convenient location. lot of scope for collaboration with neighboring labs. Scientifically motivating, encouraging atmosphere with lot of fun events and happy hours.